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John Morley: “Is it a good way to help reformers like Lord Minto and myself, in carrying through political reform, to inflame the…”

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Is it a good way to help reformers like Lord Minto and myself, in carrying through political reform, to inflame the minds of those who listen to such teachers, to inflame their minds with the idea that our proposals and projects are shams?
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John Morley

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Morley questions whether inflaming public sentiment against reform proposals is beneficial for political progress.

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